Forest fragmentation effects on palm diversity in central Amazonia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-76

  Scariot, Aldicir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Neotropical forest; Reserve size

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; PLANT GROWTH;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032967937     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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